25 Cent Canada Nickel Elizabeth II (1926-2022)

2000,
KM-379, Schön-380 Country Canada Year 2000 Value 25 Cents Metal Nickel Weight 5.08 g Diameter 23.8 mm
Commemorative issue The entry into the third millennium series – Creativity Obverse The portrait in right profile of Elizabeth II, when she was 64 years old, is surrounded with the facial value and the inscription “ELIZABETH II D • G • REGINA” (Elizabeth II, Queen by the grace of God) Lettering: ELIZABETH II D · G · REGINA 25 CENTS Engraver: Dora De Pédery-Hunt Dora de Pédery-Hunt, CM OOnt was a Hungarian-Canadian sculptor who designed medals and coins. She was the first Canadian citizen to design an effigy for Queen Elizabeth II. Reverse A scenery, which shows an insight of arts in three millenniums, is surrounded with the bilingual inscriptions “CANADA” and “CREATIVITY 2000 CRÉATIVITÉ”: in the left part of the coin, a boat in Inuit art – in the upper part, a tree in style of the Group of Seven – in the right part, the landscape is rendered in wire frames Lettering: CREATIVITY 2000 CRÉATIVITÉ EH CANADA Engraver: Eric (Kong Tat) Hui